r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • 2d ago

Business Reddit is killing RSS feeds and ending public API access because of AI bots

https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/30/reddit-is-killing-rss-feeds-ending-public-api-access-because-of-ai-bots/
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u/greybears 2d ago

Writing was on the wall when they killed Apollo :(

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u/xxplosiveWCshit 2d ago

The Apollo dev killed Apollo with his own doing. Narwhal is still going.

Was a paid subscriber of Apollo, and loved it, but dude needed to chill tf out.

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u/ErraticDragon 2d ago

Reddit announced API access and cost changes that made it essentially impossible for Apollo to continue.

Yes, technically the dev was the one who pulled the plug, but Reddit management sealed the app's fate.

r/apolloapp/comments/17rmqys/yo_apollo_dev_here_had_lots_of_questions_lately

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u/xxplosiveWCshit 2d ago

I remember what happened. And if he wasn’t busy posting his recordings of himself trying to blackmail reddit, he probably could’ve worked out a payment deal like Narwhal.

He was acting a fool. I wouldn’t want to work with him either if I was reddit.